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BLM Open Space

BLM Open Space from directly overhead

BLM Open Space is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 546 m. Cobblestone Mountain stands 2,042 m to the north, 17 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Bureau of Land Management
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.36252, -118.83057
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Big Mountain: 2.6 mi
  • Sulphur Mountain: 4.0 mi
  • Hutton Peak: 5.0 mi
  • Whiteface: 5.6 mi
  • Modelo Peak: 6.3 mi
Parks
  • Borges Park: 3.9 mi
  • Campus Hills Park: 4.1 mi
  • Campus Canyon Park: 4.3 mi
  • Moorpark College Quad: 4.3 mi
  • Warring Park: 4.4 mi
Attractions
Artworks
Historic sites
Museums: 48
Gardens: 35
Springs: 31
  • Arundell Spring: 7.5 mi
  • Rodeo Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Juan Fernandez Spring: 10.0 mi
  • Pothole Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Saputiwah Spring: 12.7 mi
Picnic sites: 31
  • Meadows Picnic Area: 11.1 mi
  • Sycamore Flats: 11.2 mi
  • Oak Grove: 11.3 mi
  • Skunk Hollow: 11.3 mi
  • Wildwood Canyon: 11.4 mi
Beaches: 20
Waterfalls: 10
Cliffs: 7
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 16.5 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 16.7 mi
  • Porter Ranch Palisades: 17.1 mi
  • Echo Cliffs: 17.3 mi
  • Topatopa Bluff: 17.7 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Coba Arch: 11.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of BLM Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cobblestone MountainN 353°2,042 m17.2 mi
Hines PeakNW 306°2,041 m17.3 mi
Topatopa BluffWNW 301°1,945 m18.4 mi
Topatopa PeakNW 324°1,891 m15.2 mi
White MountainN 357°1,889 m18.6 mi
Devils Heart PeakNNW 327°1,566 m15.1 mi
Whiteacre PeakN 349°1,536 m12.6 mi
Dome MountainN 5°1,502 m18.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3419:07
June solstice05:4419:3420:11
September equinox06:4418:2018:54
December solstice06:5916:1116:50

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F555559616772798077696053
Precip in4.24.42.90.80.30.00.00.00.10.50.82.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newhall 5NW, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1093027386

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